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Nurses at Na'an, a Collective, Care for Babies While Mothers Work in Fields
On the typical communal farm, teachers supervise children and dieticians select meals. Parents see their
children only after work and before dormitory bedtime (page 515).
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Sulphuric Death for Parasites Is Blown on Orange Trees in an Arab Grove
Palestine's soil and climate are suited to citrus culture. In 1939 the country ranked fifth among producers
and second among exporters. War, which monopolized shipping, brought a setback. Markets vanished,
oranges rotted, and plant pests multiplied in neglected groves. Some orchards were abandoned (page 513).
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